Despite a media focus on individual politicians, Atwater's remark underlines the degree to which even the most popular and highly placed leader is a captive of the "system". This system, of course, is not capitalism or socialism, but bureaucratism. For bureaucracy is the most prevalent form of power in all smoke-stack states..........

Standard and Poor Rating on 19th September 2002 down-graded India's local currency sovereign rating to junk status and stripped the country of its investment grade on the ground of mounting debt, weakening finances of the public sector and disinvestments programme..........

The writer would like to quote, a Sample Pledge by Allen Tough in his well known book "Critical Questions about the Future" in which he has initiated following Pledge No. 1 .........

Transparency International, a Berlin based N.G.O. publishes every year Corruption Perceptions Index (C.P.I.) ranking countries from the least corrupt to the most corrupt : Denmark, Newzeland, Iceland and Singapore are the first five countries respectively, which are least corrupt countries. India ranks at serial No.73 out of 102 countries listed for the year-2002. .........

reasons for the debt-trap - The Article of Ila Patnaik , recommendations of Kelkar Committee , election of Lok-Sabha etc..........

IRDP is an isolated instance. There will be instances galore of such failures if we make in-depth review of all aspects of our developmental projects and programmes, instead of mostly confining the reviews to financial transactions only,.........

The year 1991-92 was turning year for India. We were forced to adopt liberalisation and globalisation. After 13 years of adoption, India has not received full benefits of new policy because it is a package deal. About 182 countries have adopted world trade organisation and export and import are made open..........

Globalization Today is not working for many of the World's poor. It is not working for much of the environment. It is not working for the stability of the global economy..........

"I will not die as debtor to society. I will donate my eyes and will try to create as many jobs as possible." .........